Bill Text: MI SB0503 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Criminal procedure; evidence; questioning victim of human trafficking about prior criminal activity; prohibit under certain circumstances. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 462l.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-09-17 - Referred To Committee On Families, Seniors And Human Services [SB0503 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0503-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 503

 

 

September 17, 2013, Introduced by Senators ANDERSON, HOPGOOD, ANANICH, JONES, BIEDA, JOHNSON, WHITMER, HUNTER, GREGORY, HOOD and YOUNG and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 462l.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 462l. (1) Evidence of specific instances of a victim's

 

criminal conduct, opinion evidence of the victim's criminal

 

conduct, and reputation evidence of the victim's criminal conduct

 

shall not be admitted under sections 462a to 462j unless, and only

 

to the extent that, the judge finds that the evidence is material

 

to a fact at issue in the case and that its inflammatory or

 

prejudicial nature does not outweigh its probative value.

 

     (2) If the defendant proposes to offer evidence described in

 

subsection (1), the defendant within 10 days after the arraignment

 

on the information shall file a written motion and offer of proof.

 

The court may order an in camera hearing to determine whether the

 

proposed evidence is admissible under subsection (1). If new

 

information is discovered during the course of the trial that may

 

make the evidence described in subsection (1) admissible, the judge

 

may order an in camera hearing to determine whether the proposed

 

evidence is admissible under subsection (1).